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Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side

Illinois rates for HCPCS 78457

A nuclear scan of the veins of one limb, done by injecting a tracer into a vein and following it with a camera as it travels back toward the heart. Places where the tracer is held up or diverted into surface veins suggest a clot blocking the deep veins. Only one side is examined.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Nuclear Vein Scan for Clot, One Side cost?

$229

Typical negotiated rate. In Illinois, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $229 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $200 from a physician practice, and about $575 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$200$135 to $257
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$575$372 to $955

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $575 · 10th to 90th $245 to $1,514Professionalmedian $200 · 10th to 90th $54 to $372
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $575professional $200

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$165.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$37.15
Typical High
$37.15
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$114.82
Typical High
$128.82
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$371.54
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$331.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$43.65
Typical High
$74.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$114.82
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$263.03
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$158.49
Median
$223.87
Typical High
$724.44
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.90
Median
$56.23
Typical High
$177.83
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$562.34
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$208.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$323.59
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$37.15
Median
$47.86
Typical High
$69.18
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$257.04
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$83.18
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$26.92
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$33.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
FX · Film X-ray
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$123.03
Typical High
$123.03

Where Illinois sits

The same service costs 4.8 times more in Alabama than in Texas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Illinois· 25th of 51

$229

AL $661TX $138

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.